Improvement in soaps for polishing metals



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EZRA A. JOHNSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN'OR' TO HIMSELFAND ALEXANDER WARFIELD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SOAPS FOR POLISHING METALS, 86C.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 113,526, dated April11, 1871.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EZRA A. JOHNSON, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have iir vented certainnew and useful Improvements in Polishing-Soap; and do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in a polishingsoap embracing the followingingredients, viz: soap, cocoa-nut oil or cocoa-nut butter, caustic lye,and prepared silicic acid, which may be combined with sal-soda.

This soap may he made in the following manner: Place inakettle onehundred pounds of soap, twelve and a half pounds of cocoanut oil orcocoa-nut butter, fifteen pounds of strong lye; mix this thoroughly, andadd to it alternately seventy-five pounds of weak lye and six hundredpounds of prepared siIeX. The sileX I use is prepared in a mannersubstantially as described. The silex is charred in a kiln similar tothe process for charring lime. When charred it is run into a waterbath,and when cooled pulverized. As soon as finished, run or dip into framesfor cooling, and when sufliciently dry out into bars.

This soap combines economy, utility, and merit for general domesticcleaning and polishing uses, such as scrubbing wood, stone, marble,brick, iron, and rough work; scouring knives and forks, pots, kettles,ran gcs, cutlery, and all steel or iron ware; polishing tin pans, brasskettles, copper boilers, zinc casing, all kitchen utensils, or otherplain metals; washing and polishing silver, britannia, or plated ware;for cleaning and preserving paints of all kinds and colors; forproducing a brilliant surface upon windows, mirrors, show-cases, and allglass, china, porcelain, and earthen ware. It is, however, not designedas a laundry-soap.

I do not confine myself to the exact propor tions hereinabove mentioned,nor in the mode of preparing, as they may be slightly varied withoutmaterially affecting the action of the soap.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cleansing and polishing soap composed of soap, cocoanut oil orcocoa-nut butter, lye, and prepared silex, with or Without sal-soda,substantially for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this17th day'of Witnesses:

J. M. MASON, O. L. EVERT.

